The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-06
HOME AND FARM.

There were in the United States in 1880 more than 4225, 945 farmers who either owned or worked their own farms.
 Cheerful conversation, agreeable occupation, any thing to divert the mind from disease, is good. and every one who carries brightness into sick chamber helps to relieve the sick. - Hearth aud Home. @
 -Stewed Brown Beans. Soak over night; put them in cold water and boil until soft, season them with molasses and vinegar according to taste; thick en with flour or corn starch. Serve hot-EIchange.
 This point will bear heavy empha- sis: It costs but very little to kill weeds in the seed-leaf which,. week later, will be large enough to take roots again, with the help of the genial showers we pray for on our young po- tatoes and corn.
 Dressing for Turkey or Chicken The following recipe is a favorite of ours: To one quart of bread crumbs, moistened with little water, add a quart of chopped apples, piece of but ter the size of an egg, teaspoonful oi sugar; pepper and salt to taste.-Chi- cdgo Herald.
 It costs but little to keep the hoes sharp enough to cut your toes-or, bet ter, the hard roots of red-root pig-weed and the like. Grind them every morn- ing, just as you would your axes in chopping-time, and take file with you to the field besides. Our Country Home.
 Graham Pudding-One cup graham flour, half cup milk, half cup molasses, half cup raisins or entrants. chopped fine, one teaspoonful soda. Steam three hours and serve with either a cream sauce or one made by creaming butter and sugar, and flavor with vanilla extract CTncinnati Times.
 -Jellied Cranberries: Put three pints of mashed cranberries into a stew-pan, and on top of them put three cups of granulated sugar and three gills of water. After they begin to boil, cook them ten minutes, keeping closely covered and not stirring them. Remove the scum. They will jelly when cold and the skins will be soft and tender. Boston Budget.
 Pineapple Cake: One cup butter, two cups sugar, beaten well together; five eggs beaten up well, three and a half cups of four, half a cup of sweet milk. two spoonfuls cream tartar, one of soda. Bake your cake in jelly tins, having it four or five layers deep. Crate a pineapple, make it quite sweet, and spread between the layers; frost the top with a soft icing, Good Cheer.
 Corn pie-Four ears of cold, boiled corn, two eggs, one tablespoonful of butter. one of flour, half cupful of milk. half a teaspoonful of salt. lit- tie pepper. Cut the corn from the cobs. Mix the milk gradually with the -four. Beat the yolks and white of the eggs separately, and add them and the other ingredients to the four and milk. The butter should be melted. Bake twenty minutes in two deep pie-plates. This is an excellent dish for breakfast. -Deng0reStS Monthly.
 Any housekeeper who wishes re- liable baking powder can make her own and be sure there is no adultera- ton by simply thoroughly mixing one part carbonate of soda Gin bulk) with two parts of cream of tartar, with same quantity of flour to keep it from hardening. The secret of having good baking powder is in having the ingre- dients good, keeping it secure from the air when mixed and not making too much at one time. A good rule is to sift the ingredients together seven times before putting it away, so that it is thoroughly mixed.-IndiancpoIis Tony11nL